Feilding - Archives and Genealogy

19/06/2026

17/06/2026

Of interest to those with Irish ancestors, and others

15/06/2026

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02/06/2026

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The June edition of The New Zealand Genealogist is now online. This edition's theme is Unions, Clubs and Societies, with lots of interesting articles. It's a bumper edition with 60 pages! This award-winning journal is a major benefit of NZSG membership. https://genealogy.org.nz/NZG-Digital-Issues/11094/

24/05/2026

Bring along your treasured photos and learn how to preserve your memories digitally with hands-on guidance from Manawatū Community Hub Libraries (MCHL) Digital Specialist Warrick Taylor on how to use the simple Epson photo scanning system next Friday, 29 May.

👉Digitise Your Photos (free)
🕑10:00am – 11:00am (last Friday of each month)
📍Heritage Area of Te Āhuru Mōwai, 64 Stafford Street, Feilding

22/05/2026

Tony Waugh has recently completed a book titled Ōtamakapua – ‘Child of the Cloud’ — The people, people, the land and the settlements of the Northern Manawatū, which looks at how land, law, and settlement shaped the inland Rangitīkei–Manawatū district. While it focuses on the Ōtamakapua Block, it connects directly to wider New Zealand themes — Māori land tenure, Crown purchasing, settlement schemes, and the long-term impacts of those processes.
The book brings together iwi traditions, government records, and local experience to tell that story in a way that is grounded in place but relevant more broadly.
Book Launches are planned at
Hansens café, Kimbolton Sunday 7 June 1:30pm
Coach House Museum, Feilding Thursday 11 June 11:30am
Palmerston North Central Library, Thursday 11 June 6:30pm
Awestone café, Mangaweka Saturday 20 June 2pm.
A Flipbook gives a sample of the book’s contents. https://online.fliphtml5.com/Otamakapua/Otamakapua-EXCERPTS-for-flipbook-4May26/ =18